This book is a celebration of how far the New Zealand film industry has come in the last 30 years of making home-grown movies. This has been a time when film has leapt ahead as an industry and gained recognition from the home audience u and from international audiences too. It is illustrated throughout with posters from around the world for the films we love. Contents: Foreword by Roger Donaldson The coming of age of a national cinema The roar of the crowd The celluloid journey What makes New Zealand film distinctive? How others have seen us New Zealand cinema 30 years on New Zealand film-makers talk about the movies they love 30 iconic New Zealand films Afterword by Robert Sarkies